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Dear all, as the title says I am looking for some advice on durable hiking poles and microspikes/crampons.

I frequently hike in the alps and people have told me that there really are no durable microspikes and that the best you can do are repairable metal links. I was wondering if any of you have advice and or experience with these items.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately I'd say these fall in the consumables category. Realistically the failure mode of a hiking pole is bending or cracking (not as easy as swapping a part) and the failure mode of micro spikes is the flexible part breaking or the spikes wearing down. I'm tuning in to see if anyone disagrees though :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

Yeah that is about what I thought. But you know I'm just one guy. Maybe someone knows of a brand that is more repairable than others. Thanks for chiming in.